Week 1: Competencies of Advanced Nursing Practice
Advanced nursing practice competencies focus on the unique practice knowledge, skills, and attitudes a nurse practitioner must demonstrate as they work with adults across the lifespan in clinical settings. They are developed by experts in the field and provide clarity about what is needed to be successful in your career. Competencies need to be practiced so they can be used to effectively address a wide range of situations. In addition to real-world settings, there are virtual opportunities that can facilitate the development of competencies. For example, throughout this course, you will complete case study simulation assignments with virtual i-Human patients presenting a variety of medical conditions. These types of virtual simulations provide you with the formative practice needed to help guide and prepare you for the real-world clinical experience.
For this week, you will examine advanced nursing practice competencies and reflect on your strengths and challenges related to the competencies. In light of your reflection, you will consider how this course may help you attain your career goals or objectives.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
• Analyze strengths and challenges related to nursing practice competencies
• Describe professional career goals or objectives
Learning Resources
Required Readings (click to expand/reduce)
Buttaro, T. M., Trybulski, J., Polgar Bailey, P., & Sandberg-Cook, J. (2021). Primary care: Interprofessional collaborative practice (6th ed.). Elsevier.
• Part 1, “Introduction” (pp. 1–60)
o Chapter 1, “Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: Where We Are Today”
o Chapter 2, “Translating Research into Clinical Practice”
o Chapter 3, “Empowering Patients as Collaborative partners: A New Model for Primary Care”
o Chapter 4, “Coordinated Chronic Care”
o Chapter 5, “An Introduction to Health Care Disparities and Culturally Responsive Primary Care”
o Chapter 6, “Patient/Family Education and Health Literacy”
o Chapter 7, “Genetic Considerations in Primary Care”
o Chapter 8, “Risk Management”
Buppert, C. (2020). How to bill for nurse practitioner services: The basics. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/926845
Note: To access this resource, click on the resource link and use your Medscape log in credentials to access the article. If you do not have Medscape log in credentials, register for a free account and create login credentials on the medscape.com site.
Cora, V. L (2020). Coding and reimbursement update for NPs in ambulatory and long-term care settings. https://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/493662
Note: To access this resource, click on the resource link and use your Medscape log in credentials to access the article. If you do not have Medscape log in credentials, register for a free account and create login credentials on the Medscape.com site.
Eramo, L. (2019). Level of care coding tips to boost revenue, mitigate risk. Medical Economics, 96(10), 17–20. https://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mnh&AN=EPTOC136334828&site=eds-live&scope=site
Nicoletti, B. (2019). Coding changes for 2020: Don’t miss out. https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/922212
Note: To access this resource, click on the resource link and use your Medscape log in credentials to access the article. If you do not have Medscape log in credentials, register for a free account and create login credentials on the medscape.com site.
National Council of State Boards of Nursing. (n.d.). APRN Consensus Model: The Consensus Model for APRN regulation, licensure, accreditation, certification and education. https://www.ncsbn.org/aprn-consensus.htm
Seidel, H. M., Ball, J. W., Dains, J. E., Flynn, J. A., Solomon, B. S., & Stewart, R. W. (2011). Mosby’s guide to physical examination (7th ed.). Mosby.
• Chapter 26, “Recording Information” (pp. 792–813)
Credit Line: Mosby’s Guide to Physical Examination, 7th Edition by Seidel, H. M., Ball, J. W., Dains, J. E., Flynn, J. A., Solomon, B. S., & Stewart, R. W. Copyright 2011 by Elsevier. Reprinted by permission of Elsevier via the Copyright Clearance Center.
Advanced Nursing Practice Competencies
The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. (2012). Nurse practitioner core competencies. https://www.pncb.org/sites/default/files/2017-02/NONPF_Core_Competencies.pdf
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2010). Adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner competencies. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.nonpf.org/resource/resmgr/competencies/adult-geropccomps2010.pdf?hhSearchTerms=Adult-GeroPCComps2010+and+pdf
National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists. (2018). Family across the lifespan: The viability of taking pediatric and adult-gerontology certification examinations to attain CNS population certification in family across the lifespan. http://www.nacns.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Report-FINAL-4-3-18.pdf
The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. (n.d.). https://www.nonpf.org/
iHuman Patients. (2014b). i-Human Patients case player student manual. (PDF)
Throughout this course, you will be required to complete case study assignments with i-Human Patients. This manual provides guidance on accessing and using these simulations. It is highly recommended that you explore the manual’s various training resources in preparation for the upcoming Assignments. You many also access the online training resources at this link: https://ih2.i-human.com/home/graduate_programs
Required Media (click to expand/reduce)
i-Human Patients Cases. (2014). Marvin Webster, Jr. [Video]. i-Human. https://ih2.i-human.com/users/sign_in
You are HIGHLY encouraged to explore this practice case to become familiar with the i-Human Patients interface and to start making the transition between the live patient encounter and the virtual patient encounter. (No grade will be assigned for this practice case, but it must be completed in Week 1 in order to receive feedback.)
Note: You should have received an e-mail with your i-Human Patients login and password information. If you have not received this information, please contact the Course Instructor.
i-Human Patients. (2020). https://ih2.i-human.com/users/sign_in
Introduction to Primary Care of Adults Across the Lifespan
In this media presentation, Dr. Terry Buttaro, Associate Professor of Practice at Simmons School of Nursing and Health Sciences, discusses the importance of the role of the advanced practice nurse when caring for adults across the lifespan. (6m)
Accessible player
Credit: Provided courtesy of the Laureate International Network of Universities.
Discussion: Career Goals: Strengths and Challenges Related to Nursing Practice Competencies
An advanced practice nurse collaborates and communicates with patients, families, doctors, nurses, and specialists to ensure patients receive the care they need. As they diagnose, treat, manage, and educate patients, they are responsible for ensuring patient safety and maintaining ethical behavior. Competencies have been developed to help the advanced practice nurse to understand the practice knowledge, skills, and attitudes they need to be successful.
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For this Discussion, you will examine advanced nursing practice competencies and reflect on your strengths and challenges related to the competencies. In light of your reflection, you will consider how this course may help you attain your career goals or objectives.
To prepare:
• Review the Learning Resources for this week, specifically the advanced nursing practice competencies. As you review the competencies, reflect on your own strengths and challenges when working with adults across the lifespan.
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Post a summary of your expectations of this course. Also, include a brief explanation of your strengths and challenges as they relate to nursing practice competencies when working with adults. Describe any career goals or objectives this course may help you accomplish in the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) role and explain why. Use your research to support your explanations by providing credible and scholarly sources.
